Food trade deficit to shrink

SIBU: Sarawak will seek to industrialise its agricultural sector to address its increasing food trade balance deficit, says Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom.

He said Sarawak’s food trade balance deficit had been going up in the last five years – in 2021, the state recorded a deficit of RM4.65bil, compared with RM3.86bil in 2018.